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Definitions: ELYTRUM |
ELYTRUMNoun1. One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda. 2. One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ELYTRUM |
| English words defined with "ELYTRUM": Elytra. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ELYTRUM": Elytrin. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-m-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: mutely, myrtle, termly. | |
-2 letters: lemur, muley, muter, truly, tuyer. | |
-3 letters: elmy, lure, lute, lyre, melt, merl, mule, mure, mute, rely, rule, ruly, term, trey, true, tule, tyer, tyre, ylem, yule, yurt. | |
-4 letters: elm, emu, let, leu, ley, lum, lye, mel, met, mut, rem, ret, rue, rum, rut, rye, tel, try, tye, yet, yum. | |
-5 letters: el, em, er, et, me, mu, my, re, um, ut, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-m-r-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: maturely. | |
+2 letters: multiyear. | |
+3 letters: coulometry, immaturely, metallurgy, muliebrity, multilayer, poultrymen. | |
+4 letters: eurythermal, fluorimetry, fluorometry, importunely, imprudently, masterfully, multiplayer, prematurely, tremulously. | |
+5 letters: amateurishly, extramurally, hypermutable, multilayered, multisensory, multiversity, mysteriously, rheumatology, ruminatively, tremendously, underlayment. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4C 59 54 52 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. -.--. - .-. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001100 01011001 01010100 01010010 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E L Y T R U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004C 0059 0054 0052 0055 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39465954525547 |
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